The annual Wiggle Amy’s Gran Fondo will be held on Sunday 15 September in memory of Amy Gillett, who tragically lost her life in a training ride in Germany in 2005.

More than 5,000 bike riders and their families and friends will visit the region of the Great Ocean Road and Otway Ranges as part of the ninth annual event.

The event is a major fundraiser for the Foundation, with proceeds being put towards cycling safety research, advocacy and educational campaigns and programs.

Changes to this year’s event

Mountjoy Parade will now be open all of Saturday with the inclusion of the foreshore car park. Surrounding streets of Mountjoy Parade will also be open with the exception of Bay St, which will be closed on 14 Saturday for ‘The Wall’ event taking place.

Road closures

Saturday 14th September 2019

Road

Location / Closure

Approx. Times

Allenvale Rd, Lorne

West of Allenvale Rd Cottages

9am – 3:00pm

Benwerrin – Mount Sabine Rd, Lorne

Between Erskine Falls Rd and Cowley Track

9am – 3:00pm

Bay St, Lorne

Between Mountjoy Pde & Charles St

2:30pm – 8:00pm

Sunday 15th September 2019

Road

Location / Closure

Approx. Times

Mountjoy Parade, Lorne

Between Otway St & Grove Road

5:30am – 10am

Mountjoy Parade, Lorne

Between Grove Rd & Albert St

5:30am – 4:30pm

Mountjoy Parade, Lorne

Between Deans Marsh Road and Otway St

8am – 8:45am*

*As riders depart Lorne, Local Traffic will be intermittently permitted between the round-about at Lorne Supermarket and Otway St (Opposite Information centre) to access township.

Deans Marsh-Lorne Road

Between Birregurra – Deans Marsh Rd & Neade St Lorne

7am – 10:30am

Birregurra – Deans Marsh Road

Between Bushes Rd & Deans Marsh – Lorne Rd

7:30am – 11am

Birregurra – Forrest Road

Between Colac Forrest Road & Division Road

8:30am – 12pm

Forrest– Apollo Bay Road

Between Beech Forest Road (Turtons Track) & Colac Forrest Road

9am – 1:30pm

Skenes Creek Road

Between Great Ocean Road & Beech Forest Road (Turtons Track)

9am – 2pm

Great Ocean Road (both directions)

Between Skenes Creek Road, Skenes Creek & Bay St, Lorne

9am – 3:30pm

Medio Fondo Start (Sunday 15th September 2019)

Great Ocean Road

Between Hardy St, Apollo Bay & Skenes Creek Road, Skenes Creek

11am – 12pm

Local access

Skenes Creek and Forrest

Some residents of Skenes Creek and Forrest will be able to cross the course under the direction of Victoria Police or event operations staff for the duration of the closure at the following locations:

● Properties accessed along or off Old Coach Road, Skenes Creek can access by approaching the Great Ocean Road from Apollo Bay prior to 9.00am and after 11.30am; and

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II has visited an exhibit at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in the UK promoting Australian wildlife that can be found along Victoria’s Great Southern Touring Route (GSTR).

The GSTR team, with support from Visit Victoria and Flight Centre, partnered with Geelong bronze sculptor Will Wilson to create the garden exhibit at the world-renowned event.

Will has attended the show for the past 11 years, where he’s won multiple awards. At this year’s show he was awarded 5 stars by the RHS judges for his sculptures of native animals, birds and sea creatures that can be found in Southern Victoria’s coastal areas, mountains, forests and waterways.

A blogger and cameraman from German digital travel business Urlaubsguru visited the Great Ocean Road in March this year to gather content for an online and social campaign being run by Visit Victoria in Germany.